Gyaneshwari -Sant Gyaneshwar
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Chapter-18
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When a parrot sitting on a tube holds it fast under the mistaken impression, that he is tied to it, so he who ascribes the actions of the prakriti to the pure Self, goes on counting his actions, through many epochs. Now I shall tell you how one can recognise a person who remains untainted by actions even while performing them, like the sub-marine fire which remains untouched by the sea, even while dwelling in it (391-395). If we continue to meditate over an emancipated person, we attain liberation. Just as one sees a missing thing in the lamp-light, or one sees one’s reflection in a clean mirror or the salt is dissolved when put in water, or why say more, as a reflection turns back to see the reflecting body merged in that body, in the same way by thinking of saints, one discovers one’s Self. One should, therefore, describe and hear the merits of saints (396-400). The faculty of vision is not obstructed by the outer skin; in the same way, even when one is immersed in activity, one does not become tainted by its good or bad fruits. I shall now tell you by giving you good reasons, the signs of a person who has gone beyond actions |
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